SWTOR and Bussiness Classes

As of right now I am sitting in my classroom of my Management course waiting for the professor to come in and teach. On the subject of summer courses, I must say that I am enjoying them very much. It's helping me focus on the courses and the material. It is much more condusive to learning, that's probabbly why a full time student is required at least 12 credits per semester. I'm pretty sure that other than the courses that have involved singing and acting this is the best I have done in my college career. But as I prepare myself for the future with the knowledge that I am gaining my mind is turned to a very old and dear friend of mine. That friend is Star Wars.

I, of course, am referring to the new MMO that will be coming out in the second half of 2011. The game is being developed by BioWare, the same company who made Mass Effect, and promises to be a competitor to World of Warcraft. From what I have seen of the game from E3 and footage on the website, the game looks like it's in the final stages of development and polishing. A release date will hopefully be announced soon, but there is no indication of a time frame.

If you have read my early post about my complaint with MMOs this game seems to address many of those issues.

1. It has been stated that at the launch of the game there will be no addons or macros on the game. This deals with two problems I have had with other MMOs, it prevents forces players to actualy pay attention to what the game has to deliver via game mechanics and other encounters. It also creates a game where people can't judge your skill based on a number that an adding generated. That being said the lack of addons could potentially leave some players with a ba taste in their mouth and they my not what to play the game.

2. The game is story based. This gives rise to a good amount of lore and involvement from the players. It helps that it is set in the Star Wars universe but it is in a time before the stories for the Orignial and Prequal trilogies. What I find exciting about this game is that the quests and gameplay are driven by the story, much like Mass Effect.

3. There is actual interaction between your character and the npc's (non-playable characters)that populate the worlds. I will have more to sat about this on a later post.

All-in-all I am very excited for this game to come out and for my summer classes to continue. Until next time...